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Whether one can have it all, or should even desire it, are driving questions of “The Heidi Chronicles,” Wendy Wasserstein??s 1988 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about an art historian searching for fulfillment among the women’s rights movement. Wasserstein??s Heidi came of age in the sixties and entered adulthood in the seventies, a time when women were supposed to achieve independence and gain new freedoms. She has brains, looks, and a successful career. So why is she so unhappy...
...time-stamped by references to specific events and a soundtrack culled from the staples of classic rock. Scoop’s magazine is even called “Boomer” in reference to his peers. For this reason the play could easily feel outdated. What for Wasserstein??s 1988 adult audience would have been familiar, might easily have weighted the college production. But Alter’s direction and the cast’s acting elevate “Chronicles” from a portrait of Baby Boomer women to a larger exploration of fulfillment and happiness...
Many have wondered whether Wasserstein??s death will cause the magazine to be sold, but most speculation seems to have focused on his replacement as owner...
...Wasserstein family trust owns New York Magazine, and media observers have posited that Wasserstein??s children may now decide to control the magazine rather than sell...
...Wasserstein??in conjunction with his partner Joseph Perella of First Boston—created Wasserstein Perella & Co., a smaller investment bank that was eventually sold in 2000 for around $1.4 billion...